Testing for Vitamin D Deficiency in Veterans-Is There a Seasonal Bias?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-131

  Peiris, Alan N ^a,b   Bailey, Beth ^b   Manning, Todd ^a   Kuriacose, Reena ^b   Copeland, Rebecca ^b   Garrett, Linda ^c  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

public health; veterans; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 75149160993     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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